Thailand as host country is allowed two slots in the main draw, with an addition slot available for a wild card entry.

Phuket, Thailand, August 27, 2013 – Karon
beach in Phuket, Thailand is gearing up to host the penultimate Open event on
the 2013 beach volleyball calendar. Details of the event were officially
launched at a press conference,
held today at the Westin Grande Hotel in Bangkok.

In total there
were 80 members of the media attending the press conference, which included 22
TV channels (free TV and cable channels), eight national newspapers, three radio
stations and representatives from magazines and the electronic media. Also
attending the conference were Thailand’s top three women beach volleyball teams
and their coaches as well as sponsors of the tournament.

This will be the eighth
successive year that Thailand has staged an Open series women’s event on the
FIVB calendar.

The US$110,000 Phuket
Thailand Open powered by PTT, which is organised by Pentangle Promotions Co.,
Ltd and the Thailand Volleyball Association will be held from October 29 to November
3. The Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT is the biggest annual beach sporting
event in South East Asia and Thai beach volleyball fans will be able to watch
over 50 of the world’s top women’s beach volleyball teams in action on Karon
beach. Admission to the tournament is free.

Thailand as host
country is allowed two slots in the main draw, with an addition slot available
for a wild card entry.

The Phuket Thailand
Open powered by PTT will be played over six days of competition with the
qualifying rounds played on Tuesday, October 29 followed by two days of pool
play between the main draw on October 30 and 31. The final three days of the tournament
will be played using a single elimination format, with the semi-finals being played
on Saturday, November 2 and the finals on Sunday, November 3.

The semi-finals on
Saturday November 2 and the finals on Sunday November 3 will be broadcast on TV
in Thailand and internationally to over 700,000,000 households worldwide.